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14 May 2019, 2:32 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
And with that, a black Democrat pursuing a misguided argument killed Texas legislation which, had it been law, would have prevented Sandra Bland's arrest. [read post]
14 Apr 2019, 5:00 am by Guest Blogger
”              Rick Pildes’s observations about Justices Hugo Black and Sandra Day O’Connor underline the reality that Justices do not automatically take the positions that would win the most approval from their most salient audiences. [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 6:00 am by Rick Pildes
  Justice Sandra O’Connor finally seems to be getting her due, to which Evan Thomas’ superb biographyis contributing. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 8:00 pm by DONALD SCARINCI
The State’s revised plan contained a second majority-black district in the north-central region. [read post]
19 Jan 2019, 6:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The recent blue-wave election there could exacerbate that dynamic in the still-red-as-roses Texas Lege.Convict leasing history, victims unearthedThe Houston Chronicle has been providing good coverage of the discovery of dozens of black prisoners bodies buried in unmarked graves near Sugar Land. [read post]
17 Jan 2019, 2:07 pm by Adam Feldman
Paradise, which upheld against an equal protection clause challenge a state scheme that required the promotion of one black employee for every white employee. [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 5:29 am by Thomas E. Kellogg
According to the Times, she is being held in a secret detention site, known in China as a “black jail. [read post]
7 Jan 2019, 4:35 am
How many gazillions of people have seen Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians? [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 11:11 am by Adam Feldman
” Other studies, such as this one by Professors Ryan Black and James Spriggs, hypothesize that the value of precedent depreciates over time, allowing more room for the court to overrule older decisions. [read post]
17 Nov 2018, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
The UFT’s field rep in Ocean Hill-Brownsville was Sandra Feldman, a member of Harlem CORE and a volunteer during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. [read post]
31 Oct 2018, 9:00 pm
She graduated from ASU’s Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law and was last employed with a large and prestigious Phoenix law firm. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
  CBS News reports that retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor announced in a public letter on Tuesday that she has been diagnosed with dementia. [read post]
23 Oct 2018, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
As such, the Supreme Court turned to Black’s Law Dictionary and prior Pennsylvania case law addressing the proper definition of that term in this context. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
Croson, the Supreme Court (in an opinion written by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) invalidated a Richmond requirement that prime contractors awarded city construction contracts subcontract at least 30% of the dollar amount of the contract to minority business enterprises—defined to include businesses anywhere in the country with at least 51% ownership by Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian, Eskimo, or Aleut citizens. [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 11:56 am by Adam Feldman
By utterance we also see that although Justice Samuel Alito took a similar number of talking turns on average as Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, he was well behind Justice Potter Stewart in this category. [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 9:32 am by Anthony Gaughan
Brandeis, for example, never testified before the Senate, nor did other famous Supreme Court nominees, including Hugo Black and Earl Warren. [read post]